Ep. 37 — Alex and Bobby go over a few news items from the week, including Joey Votto being Joey Votto, Max Scherzer flashing the #wheels, Mark McGwire’s unnecessarily bold claims, the Astros and Yuli Gurriel, and a fantasy of Alex Rodriguez as a New York Met. Then they bring on Sung Min Kim, a River Avenue Blues staff writer based in Korea, to talk about the Korean Baseball Organization and the other baseball leagues in Asia, how their style of play differs from baseball in the U.S., which players we should keep an eye out for, and whether or not the Yankees will be good this year (turns out they will be). Follow Sung Min on Twitter here.

Links:

Sung Min in The Athletic on Lucas Harrell and the KBO ($)

Sung Min’s Fangraphs residency

Joey Votto is the best

Mark McGwire is a liar

Songs featured in this episode:

Snail Mail — “Pristine” • Ravyn Lenae — “Closer (Ode 2 U)” • Marvin Gaye — “Mercy, Mercy Me” • Booker T. & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

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